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40.10. MGL'AUGH'LIN. HANDLE POR SHEETv METAL VESSELS.

(No Model.)

Patented May'sl, 1800. f

UNITED STATES PATENT EEICE.

`JAQiuisn.-MCLAUGIILIN or oLIrroN SPRINGS, NEW YORK, AssIeNon orONE-HALF TO THOMAS lV.

MARTIN, lOF SAME PLACE.

HANDLE FOR SHEET-METAL VESSELS.

l SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 605,004, dated May31, 1898.

l Application filed September '7, 1897. Serial No. 650.742.A (No model.)

To all whom it 71mg/ concern:

Beitknown that I, JAMES R. MCLAUGHLIN, of Clifton Springs, Ontariocounty, New York,

have invented certain new and useful Im provements in Handles forSheet-Metal Vessels, of which the following is a speeilieation. Myinvention relates tohandles for articles of tinware, and particularlyfor washboilers; and the object of the' invention is to provide a verystrong durable handheld part so firmly attached to the supporting armsor brackets as to be practically integral therewith, which will never,therefore, work loose, and may be subjected to the most severe strainwithout danger of breaking.

A stillfurther object is to provide rigid supporting-arms for thehandheld part to prevent the hand of the person using thedevice frombeing burned by coming in contact with'the hot surface of the vessel.

To this end the invention consists in sup` porting arms or brackets, ahandheld part, Ineans for securing the same to said brackets or arms,the caps'or ferrules on said hand# hold part, each provided with asurface to .nest with a corresponding surface on the other and, further,the invention consists in various constructions and combinations, all ashereinafter described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Iforming part of this specifica-tion,Figurel is a plan view of one end of a boiler with my invention attachedthereto. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a plan viewof the handle with the-handheld part broken away. Fig. 4c is a view ofone of the supporting-arms. Fig. 5 is a detail sectional view of one endof the handheld part and the supportingbraeket. Fig. 6 is a modificationin the manner of nest-ing the caps and the ends of the`supportiIng-brackets.

In the drawings, 2 represents one end of a' washbolei. of the ordinaryconstruction, and

3 3 are the supporting arms or brackets, stamped, preferably, fromsheet-steel and pro- 'videdwith lips or flanges 4 4, having openings 5 5and 6 6 to receive rivets, by which the lbrackets are secured to thesurface of the boiler. As shown in Figs. l and 2, the sup- )ortiufr armsor brackets are lericctl rifid and project such a distance from theboiler that the handheld part supported at the outer end of the bracketscannot come in contact with the boiler-surface and the hand of theo'peratorbc burned ,even though the boiler be lifted when full of waterand clothing.

At the outer end of the supporting arms k.or brackets I provide theconvex surfaces 7'7, provided with openings 8 S, 'having countersunkedges against which bear the heads of the rod or' bolt 9, which passesthrough the center of the handheld part 10 and through the openings 8 S.On each end of the handhold part l0 I provide caps or ferrules 11 11,having convex surfaces 12 12 and flanges 13 V1b, which encircle the endsof the handheld part 10. The convex surfaces on the ferrules nest withthose on the brackets or arms, as shown in Figs. 3 and 5, and when theheads are formedon the ends of the rod 9 the outer ends of the bracketswill be drawn together and the convex surfaces 7 7 on the bracketspressed closely against the corresponding su rfaces 12 12 on the caps orfer-rules 11 1l, and the handheld part thereby firmly secured betweenthe supporting arms. Pressure upon the ferrules 1l 11 will also serve toforce the iianges'll; 13 into position over the ends of the part 10, andthe pressure of the supporting arms or brackets upon the broad convexsurfacesfof the caps or ferrules will hold the same rigidly in positionand absolutelyv prevent them or the handheld part from working loose. Ly providing countersunk edges for the openings in the convex surfaces ofthe supporting-arms I am able to form heads on the rod 9 and smooth olfthe same flush with the surfaces 7 7.

,K I prefer to have the handheld part 10 ysquare at each end, as shownin Fig. 3; but I may make each end convex, as shown in Fig. 5, tot theinner surface of the cap or ferrule 11. 11,-.and instead of providing aswelled or convex surface upon thc supporting-arms and ferrules I mayreverse the construction, as shown in Fig. 6, in which caso theparts'are provided with nesting concave` surfaces and held firmlytogetherin substantially the same manner as heretofore described. Ifdesired, the nesting concave surfaces of the ferrules andsupporting-arms may be soldered togetherlOO to preventany possiblemovement of the haud hold part- 1H.

\\'hile I have in the foregoing description referred to the deviee onlyin eouneetion with washboilers7 l do not limitJ myself in the use of thearticle to that class of tinware, for ity is obvious that the handle eanbe readily attached to other articles of tinware where ity is desirableor advantageous to use a handle with rigid supporting-arms or where itwould be ditticult to handle the vessel when full of hoty water or heavyelothinf.; without burning the hand, if tho handle were connected to thevessel by the ordinary pivoted arm or wire. Itis obvious, too, that ifabsolute solidity of the handhold part is the only object to be attainedthe inner eudsof the supporting-arms may be pivotally secured tothevessels. while the outer ends maybe provided with the surfacesarrangedtonestwitheorresptndingsurfaces provided on the handhold part,as heretofore speeiteally described.

Ilavin",r thus described my invention, l claim as new land desire toseeuro by Letters D latentsel, of arms or brackets secured thereto, ahandheld part arranged between Said arms or brackets at or near the.outer ends thereof, caps or ferrules upon each end of saidhandlioldpa1't,111eans seen riu;r said handheld part to said arms andsaid eaps having convex snrfaces at the ends ot' said handheld part tonest with similar surfaces on said arms or brackets, substantially asdescribed.

i. Thecombination, with a sheet-metal vessel, of suliiortin'.;A arms orbrackets seeured thereto, a handheld partl arranged between said arms,caps or ferrules ll provided upon the opposite ends of said haudholdpart and havingr convex surfaces l2, said arms having; eurved surfaces 7to nest with said surfaces li and a rod 5l extendingr through saidhandheld part. and the convex surfaces of said eaps and said armswhereby the parts are rigidly secured together, substantially asdescribed.

ln testimony whereof l have hereunto set my hand this tth day ofAugust,7 A. l). 18H7.

JAMES lt. slttlnUttIILlN. 1n presence ofiujlmnn IMh, A. t). l.\tr,.

